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Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 1691

As the tower’s doors were lowered, Gerald couldn’t help but look around, attempting to gather his bearings. However, the pitch darkness made it impossible to see a thing…

Just as Gerald was wondering what to do next, a beam of light suddenly appeared from the tower! With how increasingly bright it was getting, the light’s radiance was reminiscent of a raging bonfire…

Regardless, it wasn’t long after before a man donning white clothes walked out from the light…

Seeing that, Gerald was prompted to ask, “…And you are?”

“I am the god of Astral Traveler in the Leicom Continent, and the form that you’re currently seeing is the final primordial spirit that I’ve left behind in the Heaven Tower. I was summoned by your arrival!” explained the primordial spirit as it stared at Gerald.

“You’re the god of Astral Traveler? And what do you mean my arrival summoned you?” replied Gerald, stunned by the sudden turn of events. For one, he definitely hadn’t expected the person before him to be the legendary ancient god of Astral Traveler…

Chuckling when he heard that, the god of Astral Traveler simply extended his hand… before snapping his fingers.

And just like that, Gerald was greeted by the sight of countless stars! While it was most probably just a manifested illusion, it truly felt like he was currently standing in the middle of space…

Apparently not done yet, the god of Astral Traveler then waved his hand… Revealing another scene to Gerald. A greatly unsettling one…

The continent was in ruins, complete shambles! With countless bones scattered across the lands and the sky layered with a blanket of dark clouds, Gerald felt a shiver run down his spine just from looking at all that…

‘What the hell happened here…?’ Gerald thought to himself.

Now curious out of his mind, Gerald was prompted to ask, “What… on earth happened here, god of Astral Traveler…?’

The second his question ended, an ethereal ‘whir’ could be heard, prompting Gerald to look at the source of the sound… and projected there, was the number, ‘three hundred’.

Raising a slight brow, Gerald began wondering, ‘Three hundred? What does that signify? Is it a secret code of some sort…?’

After a slight pause, the god of Astral Traveler then replied, “…This… is the fate of the world in exactly three hundred days…”

Upon hearing that, Gerald was rightfully shocked. Eyes widened and filled with incredulity, Gerald then asked, “…What? The world’s falling into complete ruin by then?”

“Indeed. On the three hundredth day, Masrus, the demonic god will be revived… Following that, he’ll surely take over the entire world! If he’s allowed to do that, then not only will the Leicom Continent fall under his rule, but Jaellatra and the other continents will share that fate as well!” explained the god of Astral Traveler in a solemn tone.

Though Gerald felt that the claim was somewhat reminiscent of some legendary fairy tale, he knew that the god of Astral Traveler—of all people—wouldn’t lie to him. With that in mind, that meant that the world’s fate was truly looking grim…

“…I see. God of Astral Traveler, I’m assuming you’re showing me all this for a reason. Could it be that I’m capable of preventing all this suffering?” asked Gerald.

After all, the God of Astral Tower surely wouldn’t have shown him all this without a proper reason. Could he be some prophesied savior for the new generation…?

“Your assumption is correct. Only you have the power to go against Masrus, and should you succeed, you’ll surely become the savior of the world!” replied the god of Astra Traveler as he gave Gerald a determined look.

Utterly shocked by this sudden revelation, Gerald could only think, ‘…But… Why was I chosen to be the savior out of the blue…?’

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He simply found it weird how the world’s fate suddenly concerned him.

“…Alright, but… Why me?” asked Gerald.

“It’s because there exists an ancient will hidden within your body. If you manage to properly develop that will, then you’ll surely be able to resist Masrus! With that in mind, you truly are the world’s final hope!” explained the god of Astral Traveler in a patient tone.

Seeing the relevance of his words, Gerald then replied, “…And how do I develop that will?”

Hearing that, the god of Astral Traveler then cupped his hands together, causing a scroll of sorts to materialize there shortly after…

After being handed the scroll, Gerald noticed that there was a slot of sorts on it. It was quite apparent that something needed to be fitted inside it to open the scroll…

“That there is the Scroll of Stars… In order to unlock its secrets, you’ll first have to obtain an item known as the Scintillating Gem. While you’ll be able to begin developing the will in your body after you open the scroll, know that nobody’s ever been able to obtain or even locate the gem from the day it came into existence!” explained the god of Astral Traveler as he looked at Gerald with a serious gaze.

Upon hearing that, Gerald couldn’t help but look at the scroll for a little longer before storing it within his storage ring.

With that done, Gerald then turned to face the god of Astral Traveler before asking, “…Well, that aside, what exactly is the trial of the Heaven Tower?”

‘I came to participate in a trial, no? Who do I now feel like I’m here to receive a mission instead?’ Gerald thought to himself.

“I established the trials of Heaven Tower only as a front. My goal had always been to await the arrival of the destined individual, and you’ve finally come today. With that in mind, you naturally don’t have to go through the trial. After all, all the trials here are useless for you. Time is of the essence, so I’ll be sending you to the top of the tower immediately!” replied the god of Astral Traveler.

Hearing that, Gerald could only raise a slight brow as he bounded up the tower with extreme speed…

Seconds later, someone from the outside could suddenly be heard shouting, “…H-hey! Look up there! The top of the tower is shining!”

Realizing that what the person had said was true, Sumeru and the four great masters instantly expressed great shock. After all, the light—that everyone was now seeing—would only begin shining when someone managed to reach the top of the tower… With that in mind, Gerald must have been able to achieve that! How unexpected!

Ever since the trials were established hundreds of years ago, nobody had been able to fully scale the tower… Until today.

Moving back to Gerald, upon arriving at the top of the tower, Gerald was greeted by the sight of a sword that was emitting a white light.

Walking closer to the sword, Gerald watched as it instantly began quivering in place. In a sense, it almost seemed like it was behaving that way due to some telepathic link it had with Gerald…

Before he could get too close, the god of Astral Traveler appeared before Gerald again before saying, “That there is the Astrabyss Sword, and it’ll function as your special weapon from today onward. Beside it, is a book that contains all the skills you can perform with the sword. I hope you’ll use it wisely and master all the Astrabyss’s skills. If you do, you’ll definitely get much stronger!”

That was needless to say, of course, so Gerald simply nodded before continuing to walk toward the sword.

Now before the sword, Gerald heard as the god of Astral Traveler shouted, “Outstretch your hand and pull it out!”

Momentarily stunned by how commanding the god of Astral Traveler suddenly was, Gerald quickly shook out of it before firmly grasping the sword’s hilt… Only to instantly feel a slight pain on his palm!

Unbeknownst to Gerald, the sword had caused a tiny cut to form on his palm, resulting in a single drop of his blood coming into contact with the sword’s hilt…

The second that happened, the Astrabyss Sword immediately emitted an ethereal ring…

Releasing the hilt and taking a step back, Gerald then watched as the sword quickly began flailing wildly!

It only took the Astrabyss a few seconds to break from its restraints, and the second it was freed, it instantly flew into Gerald’s hand!

Instinctively holding onto the sword’s hilt tightly, Gerald immediately began feeling a strong force surging into his elixir-of-life field from his palm… This feeling…

He was about to make a breakthrough!

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Feeling the immense power continue surging into his elixir-of-life field, Gerald quickly sat on the floor and began meditating. With his eyes now closed, Gerald actively attempted to tame the immense power in his body…

To his dismay, he wasn’t able to do it!

Momentarily feeling anxious, an idea suddenly came to Gerald as he thought, ‘Wait, don’t I have plenty of Heaven’s apples?’

Quickly retrieving one from his storage ring, Gerald then bit into it.

The second he did, his entire body instantly felt cool and refreshed! As for the surging power from earlier, it was no longer pulsing wildly through him…

In other words, Gerald had successfully breached the Ninth-soul-rank of the Sage Realm! He was now finally at the first rank of the Avatar Realm!

With his body now brimming with power, Gerald could tell that he was much, much stronger than before.

“Congratulations for breaching into the Avatar Realm, Gerald. You now possess the power to enter God Transformation mode, a state where you momentarily grow inhumanly strong! Even so, you’ll only be able to use it when facing extreme situations. Consider it as a last resort to remain alive!” explained the god of Astral Traveler.

Transformation was a skill that those from the Avatar Realm could use to defend themselves near death. A textbook example of how useful this ability was, was by using God Transformation to suddenly gain a massive boost in strength to hopefully turn the tables

there were pros

long time after using it. With that in mind, it was wise to only use

god of Astral Traveler. Regardless, I definitely won’t disappoint you!” replied

then said, “Remember, you’re the world’s only hope! Use

of Astral Traveler’s primordial spirit instantly disappeared. Now that its final mission had been fulfilled, the god of Astral Traveler could finally

been placed on Gerald’s shoulders, and he was the only one who knew

and everyone

and many from within the crowd had to shield

reveal a satisfied

Naturally, Sumeru was once

Tower! With that in mind, I’m sure you now know why all the trials were held there in the

be taking place in three hundred days, correct?” replied Gerald as he slowly looked at all five of

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masters then turned to look at Sumeru as the

With that in mind, are you ready to hold that responsibility, Gerald?” asked Sumeru as he stared closely

feel that locating the Scintillating Gem should

of Stars. Following that, Gerald would hopefully be able to quickly develop the hidden will in his body in order to stand a chance against Masrus when the demonic

please, please remember that the clock is constantly ticking. If you can’t locate the gem by the time the three hundred days are up, the only thing that awaits

Also, in order to hasten the search, I’m thinking of banding

make him feel lonely. With that in mind, Gerald was planning to

no issue with that. Go on ahead and select the

then bade farewell to Sumeru and the four great masters before leaving the large hall to begin making

help but look rather worriedly at Sumeru as he asked,

on his shoulders, Gerald

end in ruin!” replied Sumeru in a firm tone

four of the major great masters nodded in understanding, prompting no

that

immediately smiled at him before praising, “You’re just way too powerful, Gerald! To think that you’d actually be able to get to the

such trivial fame. After all, there were much more important

start locating an item called the Scintillating Gem. With that in mind, I was wondering if all of you would be willing to come with me and help

others were momentarily stunned. After all, it was a

Gem? What exactly is that…? And why do we need to leave

you willing to join me in my search? Do note that we may be facing a lot of troubles and dangers throughout the journey, so if you’re reluctant, I understand and I won’t try to force you to come along. I’m completely fine with going alone!” replied Gerald as

even planning to make a joke to lighten up

Gerald meant business, Nori and the others found themselves momentarily exchanging glances with each

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your team, Gerald! I’ll follow you wherever you go!” declared Nori

me in as

willing to be part

that Nori had taken her stand, Zelig, Cyril, and

Gerald couldn’t help but feel

of them would go with him. After all, the four people weren’t even long-time acquaintances of his. With that in mind, Gerald knew that it was already

a second thought, however, it showed Gerald that they truly saw him as a friend. In fact, it also displayed how much

sentimental moment, there simply isn’t any time to waste. With that said, do hurry and start packing up!

essence, the faster they packed up their essentials and headed out, the sooner they could hopefully locate the Scintillating

extremely quickly. It certainly didn’t help that he didn’t even have any clues as to where the gem could be. With that in mind, the faster they acted, the higher the chances of

all four of them hurried off to do as they were

all four of them regrouped with

sure to bid goodbye to Sumeru and the four major great masters before finally leaving

and the others made sure to stock up on food and drinks. Not knowing how long their journey was going to take, the

that they could think of, their hunt

which, where are we headed to first…?”

to begin looking,

Gerald opened up the map and began inspecting it. It took him a while, but he eventually pointed at an area on the map

desolate area located south of the Leicom Continent. Literally nobody inhabited that place, and few dared to venture

since Gerald had made his choice, Nori and the others simply agreed. With the location settled, all five of them immediately set off for the South

day, but they eventually arrived at the border of

found that the place was as desolate as the rumors had claimed. No buildings and not even a

the five simply continued walking on. After all, Gerald

the group came across a loess wall and decided that it was

completely

at the moon in the

shine stops right at the border of the Leicom Continent! The moon’s rays can’t reach us here at all!” shouted Nori as she pointed at the

the other group members

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couldn’t get in here!

the others could only continue sitting there as

when he suddenly shouted, “…Mr. Crawford, come quick! There’s some kind of stone tablet

and the other three immediately ran over to where Ray was.

of dust off the tablet with his hand, Gerald

to get a closer look, Gerald then

Gerald read that out, an angered and ear-piercing roar could suddenly be heard coming from above them! As the roar continued resonating across the barren wastelands, an explosive sound

watch wide-eyed as a

the creature’s inhumanly strong landing caused the ground around them to quiver so much that

stuttered Nori

Gerald as he stared

tablet would summon it! Judging from how angry it seemed, they must

light source! We can’t even see it properly now!” grumbled Zelig as he frowned. Since the moon’s rays were unable to pierce into South Wastelands, their vision was severely limited to only

have a solution!” replied Gerald as he summoned his talisman paper and brush from

swiftly painting a talisman, he then tossed it into the air, prompting the talismans to burst into a

With a huge, golden mane, the massive male lion’s open jaws exposed its extremely sharp teeth for all to see. Fuming in anger, the lion continued glaring with

Zelig was prompted to ask, “…Why…

everyone’s dismay, the second he said that, the lion instantly began

your big mouth!” grumbled

you, hurry and run! I’ll deal with it!” Ordered Gerald

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roar as it charged straight for Gerald, the lion then leaped, clearly trying to slam its weight down on the incoming

wasn’t about to

with his palm, instantly stunning it and sending the oversized lion

down by its weight. With that in mind, there was no way it

to end the lion’s life. On the contrary, he was thinking of taming it. After all, Gerald was certainly not against the idea of

it ended up rolling a few times before finally coming to a stop. Shaking its body as it crawled back to its feet, it then turned to face Gerald, glaring and growling

well aware that it wasn’t going to be able to take on Gerald, which was why it was refraining from rashly attacking

few steps forward before pointing at the lion and shouting, “You have two choices. The first is to come along with me and obediently allow me to be your master. If you refuse, the only other choice you have is to get killed, cooked, then

upon hearing Gerald’s proposal, the lion appeared to calm down a

a brief moment, the lion emitted a low

to believe that you can even come close to defeating me!” taunted Gerald as he snorted contemptuously at

could’ve done so extremely easily. Giving the lion a choice to be under him was already Gerald’s way

to continue being stubborn, Gerald truly saw no reason

look to

piss off the princess?” scoffed Gerald, seeing how childishly the lion was

direction before landing right in front of the lion! Upon seeing it, the lion instantly whimpered

figure in question was none other

feeling intimidated by the tiny dragon. To think

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